Anyone know where I can find more websites like these? I find them super fascinating and love the rabbit holes you can go down with them. The more specific the better! Especially would love one about moths.
https://www.bumblebeewatch.org
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I have a few I like to visit.
First is ‘Coccinellidae of South America’ which covers South American ladybugs in-depth:
https://www.coccinellidae.cl/paginasWebArg/Paginas/InicioArg.php
I reference it all the time as it provides very useful information on the identification and distributions of hundreds of species. It’s also regularly updated and photos from iNaturalist are often contributed to the website. It’s been fun seeing it grow over the last few years :)
Similarly, Field/Photo ID for Flies is a great resourced for learning to identify flies
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide/home?authuser=0
Finally, there’s Bird Hybrids, probably the most easily-accessible resource discussing hybrid bird identification. It’s no longer maintained, but the Flicker group still remains active.
https://birdhybrids.blogspot.com/2014/01/about-hybrid-birds.html
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For moths I like the website PNW moths https://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/ (specific to the Pacific Northwest of North America but a great resource)
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discoverlife has great, detailed id keys! ive been using the bee ones lately.
other sites ive found recently:
hoppers: https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/
bees (eastern NA): https://watchingbees.com/
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the other day inat user zdanko linked me to this website detailing photo id guides for a bunch of families of fly which i’ve been really enjoying
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A while back I found this website from some guy who is evidently absolutely obsessed with camels, unfortunately seems to be down now but still accessible on Internet Archive:
Conservation Efforts and Projects Archives - Camel Advisor
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This is a pretty detailed site for aphids: https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aphid_genera.htm
If you’re into occlupanids, I recommend HORG
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The Paleobiology Database: https://paleobiodb.org/
for pretty much every fossil ever
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I give you Brambles of the British Isles:
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I’ve long had an interest in tropical ocean-drift seeds:
Drift Seeds and Drift Fruits
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https://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/index.html is even better. It is extremely comprehensive and has got a good collection to compare specimens from every species. Also quite complete for the lesser known and more diverse families (skippers and hairstreaks).
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The World Spider Catalog currently covers 53380 species
Choose a species, and you will get lots of info and references like for example https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/33306
If you are into harvestmen, the Omnipaper project by AB Kury is really handy. https://mndi.museunacional.ufrj.br/aracnologia/omniPaper2025/index.html
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Poaceae (Family) - Sejarah Poaceae
Stomatopods (Order) - Mantis Shrimp
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